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The Chilli Garden’s Jalapeno ‘n’ Mint Sauce is a welcome summer break

Patrick Garratt — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:27:01 +0000

The Chilli Garden Jalapeno 'n' Mint

This is a good one. The Chilli Garden’s Jalapeno ‘n’ Mint Sauce neatly fits a gap left by the sometimes tiresome bravado of the chilli sauce world’s heatmongers, delivering an interesting product you can use outside of the traditional fried fish and sausages.

This a low-heat sauce for less robust foods. It works well with salad, for instance. The flavour’s sublime, packing a bunch of mint over a refreshing body of spring water and fresh jalapeno. It’s not trying to be anything it’s not, and what it does it does well.

Ingredients: Jalapeno Chillis (40%), Mint (5%), Distilled Vinegar, Spring Water, Sea Salt, Xanthan Gum.

There’s quite a sharp vinegar hit on the nose, and the gum adds a gloopy edge to the consistency, but that shouldn’t detract from this must-try. Clean, green, summery and well executed, it’s a welcome diversion from the norms of jolly rogers and power-heat.

It appears to be out of stock at the moment, unfortunately, but you can take a look at the rest of The Chilli Garden’s excellent range here.

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The Chilli Garden – Thai-Basque Sauce

Hot Juan — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:01:26 +0000

The Chilli Garden Thai-Basque Sauce

The Chilli Garden is a small family run business in Healey Hampshire, all the chillies in their sauces are grown on the farm, and they use some interesting traditional methods of production, this sauces is fermented for over 24 months before being bottled, something not many small producers can afford to do (I will let you think about one major american sauce producer who makes sauces in this way?).

The Basque part of the sauce comes from the Basque Gorria Chilli which has a Scoville Rating between 2,000 and 5,000 SHU’s, when ripe it is a vibrant red colour. This is not a pepper you often seen grown in the UK and as far as we know The Chilli Garden are the only artisan sauces maker growing and using them.

The Thai Dragon in this sauce is providing the heat and at between 75,000 and 250,000 SHU’s, this is a hot chilli, they are commonly found in Asian dishes, and a healthy plant will produce around 200 chillies about 6cm long and 1cm wide tapering to a point (one of my favourites to grow).

The sauce is a light red almost orange colour, with some very small flex of red chilli skin being visible,even without any thickeners of gums this sauces need no shaking, it is a wonderful consistency. On Opening the bottle I can smell the Vinegar and salt, it is not at all overpowering.

Ingredients: Thai & Basque Chillies (21%), Distilled Vinegar (77%), Sea Salt (2%).

Bottle kindly provided by The Chilli Garden

My only reservation with this sauce is the bottle top, it has one of those plastic pouring thingamajigs that always gets in the way, l do hate them… but once that has been removed, this is a very enjoyable sauce, it is a definite savoury sauce, a nice hit of heat ( we are not in the super hots) and flavour all carried by a salty vinegar liquid.

The recipe may seem simple only three ingredients Chillies, Vinegar and Salt, but the execution is excellent, well worth the 24 plus months wait.

This stuff is a bit like a Tabasco on steroids ideal for dipping your chips in, or making the heavenly Bloody Mary at only £3.00 for a 150ml bottle this is amazing value for money, highly recommended.

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The Chilli Jam Company – Chillirissa

Hot Juan — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:49:10 +0000

The Chilli Jam Company was established in 2005 by Tessa and Sue, during their first year they managed to win a prestigious Great Taste GOLD award.

The Chilli Jam Company - Chillirissa

We have a jar of their Chillirissa, which is a mix of Onions, Sun Dired Tomatoes and Chillies with Garlic, sugar and spices, it was developed to be used in cooking to add both heat and flavour.

On opening the jar, the contents is a thick light red/orange paste with a lovely smell of garlic and onions, the taste is wonderfully hot and pungent, the initial taste is from the onions, quickly followed by the chilli and then the richness of the sun dried tomatoes, this leaves a beautiful flavour in the mouth, it is hot and rich and yes I am really enjoying this.

Ingredients:- Onions, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Fresh Red Chillies (12.5%), Garlic, Sugar, Spices and Salt.

This makes an great dip when added to yoghurt the same mix can even be used as a marinade, or how about just stuffing some under the skin of a chicken breast and roasting in the oven.

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For more information see:-
The Chilli Jam Company - Emsworth, Hampshire. PO10 7UE
Phone 01243 375464 email: info@thechillijamcompany.co.uk
www. thechillijamcompany.co.uk

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ChileFoundry Newsletter — May 2010

Hot Juan — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:54:28 +0000

Lots of articles last month, including probably the worlds hottest curry, and some new recipes and reviews.

The Chilli Garden

The Chilli Garden – Organic Hampshire Chillies – Based in a wooded vale on the Surrey/Hampshire border The Chilli Garden seven acre’s are farmed by three generations of the same family. Between them Father, Daughter and Son-in-law; Peter, Alison and Mik, have wealth of experience in farming, food production and design enabling them to make everything on the farm themselves.

Wahaca Looking for Chilli Expert – Wahaca, the Thomasina Miers chain of MLots of review and new preoductsexican restaurants is looking for a chilli expert to help them create a showcase for the joys of growing chillies, from how to plant, pollination and harvesting.

Darth Naga Reviews:- Mr Vikki’s Hot Lime Pickle – Well, the elections are upon us and I find its quite easy to get bogged down in political debates and other nonsense so I decided to take myself away from it all for a moment and write a review on one of “Mr Vikki’s” amazing products! Mr Vikki has had a couple of reviews on this site so far and I am sure that as long as he keeps making quality chilli products then we’ll keep on reviewing them!

The ChileFoundry Forum Experiment – We have been looking at opening a user forum for the past 6 months, the object of the forum is our users to discuss products and suppliers, post recipes etc etc.

Men purchase chilli four times more than women? – Men purchase chilli four times more than women reports AUSVEG as part of Australia’s Vegetable Industry Development Program, I guess that is comes has no real surprise, it seem to be mostly men I deal with when reporting for this blog.

Chilli Pantry – Quality Mexican Chillies in the UK – A new retailer for 2010 is the Chilli Pantry, set up by Gina Porras-Parral to sell a range of premium quality Mexican ingredients at affordable prices, based in Brimingham web site currently sell a range of authentic mexican dried chillies.

The Chilli Factory - Fiery Frillneck Hiss

The Chilli Factory – Fiery Frillneck Hiss – Hot Smokey Chilli Tomato Sauce – This sauces comes all the way from Australia and has won a number of awards in its home country including 1st prize for Best Hot Sauce Tomato in the Australian Fiery Food Awards in August 2004 as well as a handful of 2nd and 3rd places in other events.

Good Eats – The Big Chili Recipe – I came across these video’s on You-Tube, and it seems like an excellent recipe, so we decided to collected the list of ingredients and the listed some places you can find them here in the UK.

Mr Singh’s – BBC1 High Street Dreams – What a great opportunity for Mr Singh’s Punjabi Chilli Sauce. I don’t think they could get a better plug for the sauce than BBC1 High Street Dreams

HillBoy from Gurkha Fine Foods – This is billed as “The Ultimate Chilli Experience – A Condiment that bites back!” and I think it is a first for us to be reviewing a Gurkha product. The Gurkha people are from Nepal and North-East India, the name coming from a Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath.

Cambridge Chilli Farm – Ghost Pepper 10 Review – While at the Firey Foods Festival in Brighton, Chris & Rosie Jagger from Volcano Chilli asked me when I was going to review a sauce that they have found to be an excellent seller, Chris then sent me another bottle, he said that the recipe has been improved from the original version.

Chilli powder put in husbands pants – According to the Cambridge News Sharron Mackay the defendant in a fraud trial put chilli powder in her husband’s underpants as their marriage fell apart.

Orange Krush Hot Sauce – I’ve been sent a bottle of “Orange Krush” to taste and give my (expert? lol) opinion on, this sauce again comes from www.Hot-headz.com and i believe is the only place in the uk you can buy it, i say this as after a brief search using the trusted google, hot-headz was the only one that came up in the uk!

Could you eat “Probably the World’s Hottest Curry” and win £100 – Fire Foods and local Grantham’s Bindi Restaurant are putting down a challenge to anyone who thinks they are tough enough!

Lady Bird Johnson’s Pedernales River Chili Recipe – This recipe originally contained beef suet, but that ingredient was omitted after LJB’s severe heart attack when he was Senate majority leader. Remember to skim the fat off the chilli.

Blairs Ultra Death

Darth Naga reviews – Blair’s Ultra Death – Well its that time again chilefanz!! Today I bring you my latest video review, and I reckon this one may just go down in history as the second stupidest thing I have ever done (the first will hopefully be uploaded to youtube at some stage LOL!) stupid for the simple fact that after hearing from Rose Seymour that James beck said “we don’t use milk in our video reviews in the US” I decided to hit the bottom end of mental and do a vid review WITHOUT MILK!! But anyway, the sauce I am reviewing today comes from the godfather of the US hotsauce scene Mr Blair Lazar himself, and this particular sauce is famous for not only being the hottest sauce he mass produces, but also for being one of the only ones to have its name changed during his major rebranding last year!

David’s Chilli Oil – Much more than just a gourmet oil – This is not just an “Oil and Chilli” blend; there is a whole extra level of flavour to be found here and with Rape seed oil becoming the New Olive oil, its time may have come. I am sure you will see more and more gourmet products based on Rape seed oil.

ChilliPepperPete’s Easy Fish Jambalaya Recipe – Jambalaya is a Louisiana Creole dish of Spanish and French influence, it is a close relation to the Spanish paella. This version is made a little quicker and simpler by pre-cooking the rice, traditionally the rice would be added with the stock at the end of preparation and then cooked for 45-60 minutes.

Scott Roberts — Chilli Letter from America #6 – It’s hard to believe it’s already May of 2010. Soon, people all across America will be doing outdoor grilling and barbecuing, celebrating Memorial Day Weekend at the end of this month, and wondering what to do with bored kids all day long now that school will be out for the summer.

Thai Pineapple Curry with Birds Eye Chillies – This recipe comes from a friend of Darth Naga, Sean (also know as Relentl3ss), who has cooked this for Darth and Mrs Naga, so it suspect it will taste very good. It uses the popular Birds Eye Chilli, and not of the ingredients should be hard to find in a reasonable supermarket.

The Chilli Jam Man - The 3 Peaks Chilli Jam

The Chilli Jam Man – The 3 Peaks Chilli Jam – RIGHT let me just start out this review by stating that i’m NOT a big fan of sweet chilli things..problem is people keep sending me sweet chilli things and they are slowly changing my mind!! Todays “Jam” comes from a guy that up until I received this jar and then added him on twitter I knew nothing at all about him, but after a bit of net sleuthing I found out a little.

Growing Chillies from Seed: Part 2 – Once you have some seedlings to pot-on (see picture 1), it is time to separate them and pot them in individual pots. We tend to pot-on gradually, so we use 3” pots first. Using very loose seedling compost will help this stage. We like to use vermiculite on the surface and perlite in the mix.

Hungarian Paprika – The chilli was introduced to Hungary by the Turks during the 16th-17th centuries; it was not until the 19th century that paprika become the dominant spice in Hungarian cuisine.

Top 10 UK Chilli Web Sites — May 2010 – The farmers are now the top 3 chilli web sites in the UK with the Dartmoor Chilli Farm jumping up 2 places to number 3 joining Chillis Galore and South Devon Chilli Farm in 1st and 2nd places.

Hot-Headz Calypso Caribbean Style Hot Sauce – Hot-Headz has been a leading supplier of Hot Sauces in the UK since 1994, owner Stuart McAllister has a passion for hot sauce both finding and developing the best sauces he can find around the world.

Holy Cow! Spicy Bombay Ketchup

Holy Cow! Spicy Bombay Ketchup – BBQ sauce is a area that seems to cover all sorts of sauces, I love BBQ, especially slow cooked pulled pork with lashings of BBQ Sauces, but this sauce is a surprisingly different.

Mr Singh’s Cookalong – Prawn Stir Fry – This is a simple recipe, as you will see exact quantities are not essential when cooking, please feel free to use what you have got, we have added some estimates of the quantities used to help.

Berberé (or Berbere) Recipe – A Hot Spice Mixture from Ethiopia. – Berberé originates from Ethiopia. It is a very hot dry spice mix and has become the basis for most Ethiopian cuisine. It should have a course texture, so don’t grind it to a fine powder.

The ChileFoundry YouTube Channel – Did you know we have our own YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/chilefoundry

Hot Headz & Scorchio Top 10 Products — May 2010 – Hot-Headz and Scorchio provide us each month with there Top 10 products sold that month via their web sites.

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The Chilli Garden – Organic Hampshire Chillies

Hot Juan — Tue, 04 May 2010 11:20:29 +0000

The Chilli Garden

Based in a wooded vale on the Surrey/Hampshire border The Chilli Garden seven acre’s are farmed by three generations of the same family. Between them Father, Daughter and Son-in-law; Peter, Alison and Mik, have wealth of experience in farming, food production and design enabling them to make everything on the farm themselves.

There web site is truly excellent for an in-house design, with a great look that goes across the whole product range as well.

They are very committed to natural farming methods and are members of “The Wholesome Food Association” (a self policing body for small holders and farmers which holds the principals of organic farming in highest esteem).

Only their own chillies are used in their sauces, Jam and Jellies and are free from all artificial ingredients, we have reviewed some of their products in the past and they come highly recommended.

Their range includes some very interesting products I don’t think I have seen a jam’s or Jellies made with Hungarian Hot Wax Chillies, they also have a Thai Basque Hot Sauce that combines Thai Dragon Chillies with Basque Gorria Peppers, I cannot wait to try them.

Please visit them at www.thechilligarden.co.uk where you can order on-line.

The Chilli Garden
Opax Farm Nursery
Spats Lane,
Hearn,
Headley,
Hampshire

info@thechilligarden.co.uk

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Chilefoundry Newsletter November 2009

Hot Juan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:16:42 +0000

A summary of articles from the Chile foundry during November 2009, click the links to see the full stories.

Lizzi’s Chilli and Apricot Blondies – My Daughter Lizzi is a very good cook, she has a light hand with baking, I asked her to come up with a recipe for today, she said “I will make you something special!” and she did!

Eswatini Swazi Kitchen - kumquat Atchar

Eswatini Swazi Kitchen – Kumquat Atchar – The product I am reviewing today comes from a company known as “Just trading Scotland” who sell fair trade products here in the uk on behalf of people from Africa, asia and latin america, one of the groups that they represent is known as “Eswatini Swazi Kitchen” and its that particular group that have made the product I am reviewing today.

What is Atchar? – Atchar is a spicey chutney found in Indian and South African food, It is often made from mangoes and peppers, but can also include vegetables such as Carrots, onions and cabbage. It is served as a condiment with curry.

Dr. Burnorium’s Hot Sauce Emporium – Dr. Burnorium’s Hot Sauce Emporium is a retailer based at the St Nicholas Market in Bristol, they have an excellent online store. If you are near Bristol visit them and let us know what you think?

Manda African Chilli Sauce – Review – Wow! another sauce that contains all natural ingredients, I seem to be getting alot of these lately, not that i’m complaining mind you, nothing better than an all natural fresh tasting hotsauce! “Manda African Chilli Sauce (extra hot)” comes in a bottle that is more similar to non-mainstream hotsauce’s than the supermarket brands it shares a shelf with in ASDA.

The Hot Pepper Awards

ChilliPepperPete – The Hot Pepper Awards 2009 – ChilliPepperPete has been winning awards again. This time at “The Hot Pepper Awards 2009″ they won both 2nd and 3rd place in the Extreme Products section for Dragons Blood Batch 12 and Satan’s Shit.

Lingham’s Ginger Garlic Chilli Sauce – It is odd but this is the first time I have tasted a Lingham’s sauce, I have seen them about for years, but always passed them by, expecting it to a cheap, sweet concoction, with little depth of flavour, maybe I have become a sauce snob!

ChilliPepperPete’s – Chicken Xacuti (Shakuti) – This recipe comes from ChilliPepperPete, it is a traditional Goan Recipe. Goa is located along India’s west coast along the Arabian Sea and was part of Pete’s travels around India. Chicken Xacuti (pronounced Shakuti) has been described and Chicken in coconut gravy.

Blairs's Death Rain Crisps

Blair’s Death Rain – New UK Flavours – I love crisps (US Translation Chips) a few years ago we make our own Hot-Juan Brand Crisps so I know how hard it is to make a new flavour and to get it consistant, I have always loved Blair’s Death Rain Habanero crisp, every packet is hot and crunchy, and his other flavours Chipotle and Cajun are also excellent, each with there own unique flavour.

Christmas Rumours – Santa’s Shit – We hear rumours that ChilliPepperPete is making a Christmas special – Santa’s Shit, we will let you know more as soon as we taste it!

ChilliPepperPete’s – Vindalho Recipe – One of my favourites has always been the Vindalho. And then I had it in Goa 20 odd years ago cooked by our landlady and it was a totally different experience. I got her to write down her recipe and I am copying it from a tatty Indian school book full of recipes. I will move on to other countries from now but as I said earlier I have had a Goan food fixation for 20 years. We are now selling Goan curry blends in the shop that are made in Goa and are excellent. – “Pete Seymour AKA ChilliPepperPete”

Chilli Variety - Krakatoa F1

Chilli Variety??–??Krakatoa F1 – A medium sized upright plant of the Capsicum annuum Species.

Lowcost Home Smoked Chillies – Using the ProQ Smoke Generator – Hot smoke or cold smoke, that is the question. The simple answer is that both have a place in the food chain, but when it comes to chillies, my hat is definitely in the cold camp.

Christmas Hamper – The Chilli Pepper Company – The Chilli Pepper Company has launched a range of Christmas gift hampers, with something for everybody.

Pain is good – Batch #114 Jamaican Pineapple Salsa – I did not expect to like this salsa, I don’t normally go for anything with pineapple in it, I even pick it off pizza if I have to, but this was an exception, I even enjoyed finding the tidbits of pineapple.

Hot-Headz – Mad Dog college challenge – A First Aid co-ordinator from the Samuel Whitbread Community College, Beds. telephoned Hot-Headz! on Wednesday (11/11/09) to seek assurance that pupils would be OK after a student took a bottle of Mad Dog 357 Collector’s Edition to college and challenged his peers to try some.

Volcano Chilli – Lincoln Central Market – Volcano Chilli is a new venture for Chris and Rosie Jagger and he has started it in Lincoln’s Central Market just a few weeks ago.

Scorch

South Devon Chilli Farm New Online Community, Forum and Blog – The South Devon Chilli Farm has been redeveloping its web site and has added a new Community, Forum and a Blog .

The Chilli Pepper Company – Witches Brew Review – The bottle itself is typical of the CPC range and comes with a high gloss label on the front, complete with title and a strange grey looking witch stirring a cauldron! I do enjoy seeing Ged’s new labels when they come out as they are always fun to see, the sauce inside this bottle is a lovely red colour with flecks of black, bits of pepper flesh and the occasional seed floating about in the liquid!

ChilliPepperPete’s?—?Mole Poblano – Mole Poblano is a festive meal hailing from Oaxaca in Mexico. Oaxacan food is the consistently the best quisine in Mexico. Mexicans use a lot of mild chillis up to the jalapeno/chipotle heat but outside of the yucatan its unusual to find anything hotter. The chillis are used for flavour as well as heat and this recipe could be many hundreds of years old and in one form or another has come down from pre conquistdador times. Its very involved but can be cheated with our ready potted mole poblano which is a simplified version of this recipe. Its a great leftover turkey recipe for boxing day. – “Pete Seymour AKA ChilliPepperPete”

Cocaine and Capsaicin – a lethal mix? – A report in the New Scientist reports that Scientists may have found a link between some deaths from Pepper Sprays and Cocaine addiction.

South Devon Chilli Farm – Mild Habanero Chilli Chutney – On opening the jar there is a very pleasant fruity smell, which is not let down by the flavours from the apples and sultanas, I am very pleased to see the use of cider vinegar in this kind of high quality, it lets the flavours develop, without it needing to be matured.

Cajohns Gourmet – Scorch Review – The sauce comes from “Cajohns Gourmet” and as you might remember I reviewed their “Vicious viper” back in june and was’nt impressed mainly because the product had ALOT of heat but a not so nice flavour to it, so due to this I am a little apprehensive of this current sauce, but nonetheless lets continue!

South Devon Chilli Farm – Rapeseed Chilli Oil – The South Devon Chilli Farm has been working with The Seed Co, they have taken there cold pressed Rapeseed oil and steeped it with a blend of hot and fruity dried chilles for a month or two.

Chilli Variety???–???Yellow Bhut Jolokia – Most of our readers will already know the Bhut Jolokia is the current Guinness Book of World Records record holder as the world hottest chilli with a Scoville heat rating of 1,001,304 SHU’s, but not many will have heard of the Yellow Bhut Jolokia.

The Cornish Chilli Company – Manufacturers of Chilli Sauces using as many local ingredients as possible, they have an interesting range of products including an unusual dessert sauce.

Nitro Naga?—?Naga Jolokia Chilli Jam

Nitro Naga – Naga Jolokia Chilli Jam Review – This jam comes form the one and only “Chillichutneyman” a lovely gentleman by the name of Bryn, and someone i have chatted with a few times before, the “Nitro Naga” range being one he makes for Karl and co at www.scorchio.co.uk, and as such this jam is’nt like any other, it contains my FAVOURITE chilli which also happens to be the hottest chilli in the world to date, so without any more jabbering on, lets begin!

Hot-Headz Goes Christmas Crackers! – Order over £30.00 worth of products before December 20th 2009 and receive a superb quality Hot Sauce Gift Pack worth £12.99 absolutely Free!

Chilli Variety????–????Chocolate Bhut Jolokia – The Chocolate Bhut Jolokia is a variant of the Bhut Jolokia, Frontal Agritech have selected the chocolate bhut in successive generations to give a pure variety. The chilli has a pungency level similar to the red Bhut Jolokia.

Ol' Clooties Sauce

The Chilli Garden – Ol’ Clooties Sauce Review – There are not many sauces that look this colour, with the light behind it, it is almost luminescent orange, this is not achieved with artificial colours but is all natural made with Scotch Bonnet and Caribbean Red Habanero’s chillies grown by The Chilli garden in Hampshire.

Bargin time save £1.96 on Cajohns Vicious Viper – We have just noticed that Hot-Headz has a special offer on Vicious Viper, a sauce that Darth Naga reviewed back in early July. The sauce is normally £6.95, but is on offer at only £4.99 saving £1.96 per bottle.

Top 10 UK Chilli Web Sites — November 2009 (New #1 Site) – We have a new Number 1 site. Scorchio who have been buring up our chart are now the number 1 chilli web site in the UK, knocking Chillis Galore from the top spot for the first time.

Mr Vikki Hot Coriander Sauce Review – Ahh i’ve just had a long weekend off and now its tuesday and back to work, the sauce i’m reviewing today comes from a new favourite sauce maker here at the Chilefoundry, a little northern chap by the name of Adam Marks, I am of course talking about “Mr Vikki” and the amazing sauces, chutneys and pickles he produces.

School Chilli Challenage for Children In Need – Todmorden School held a seven-a-side chilli eating contest, seven members of staff and seven six formers muched chilles to see who could eat the most. The Final winner was teacher Mike Smith who ate 11 chillies.

TABASCO® brand Habanero Sauce – The aroma from the bottle is one more of fresh fruits, namely mango as opposed to habanero, the smell is deceiving though and you’ll realise that the moment you try this one, the McIlhenny’s mean business.

UK Chilli Market On Twitter – Apart from us who else should you be following on twitter..

Hot Headz & Scorchio Top 10 Products – November 2009 – Each month we look at the best selling products from some of the UK largest retailers, this gives us and you an idea of what is selling well (So what we need to review)

Creamy Chicken Curry (Milk and Dairy free) – My wife is lactose intolerant and therefore has a problem with many Indian menu’s as they use ghee and yoghurt in a lot of their recipes. So I created this recipe to create a creamy mild curry we can both enjoy.

Free P&P for your Christmas orders from ChilliPepperPete – Orders place on-line between the 1st and the 15th of December will get free P&P from ChilliPepperPete as part of there Christmas promotions

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The Chilli Garden – Ol’ Clooties Sauce Review

Hot Juan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:09:48 +0000

Ol' Clooties Sauce

There are not many sauces that look this colour, with the light behind it, it is almost luminescent orange, this is not achieved with artificial colours but is all natural made with Scotch Bonnet and Caribbean Red Habanero’s chillies grown by The Chilli garden in Hampshire.

Ingredients: Habanero Chillies 50%, Distilled Malt Vinegar (43%), Sea Salt & Xantham Gum.

On opening the sauce, there is a strong smell of fruity Habanero and malt vinegar, the taste is as good as the smell, it is salty and hot very much in the Tabasco style, but hotter, much hotter

It is worth examining this sauce’s ingredients, it is a very simple list, just chillies, vinegar and salt. And like many simple things, simple is best, there is no strange after taste, no unidentified bits floating about. It may seem a simple recipe, but getting the balance right takes time and practice.

Note: The Xantham Gum is added to the mix to help keep the ingredients in suspension.

As you can probably tell I like this kind of sauce, its the just the kind of thing I use everyday, it is in the Louisiana style of sauces but in this case it is English.

Now it comes to the Goat on the label, I am sure there is a good reason for this, I suspect he is called Ol’ Clootie, but how he became involved in Hot Sauce I am yet to find out.

You can order online at www.thechilligarden.co.uk

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The Chilli Garden – Scotch Bonnet Sauce

Hot Juan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:30:49 +0000

The Chilli Garden - Scotch Bonnet Sauce

I like to see sauces that are made with a single variety of chilli, it feels like getting a single malt scotch to try, (A pleasure I enjoy) I hope that I will be able to the chilli over the other ingredients.

The Chilli Garden is a small family run business based in Hampshire, they grow all their own Chillies, in 5000m2 of greenhouses , They are members of the Wholesome Food Association and are working towards full organic status, with no herbicides, pesticides or any other unnatural products used.

They only use the finest ingredients to make their own Chilli Jam, Jelly, Sauces and even chocolate, the sauce comes in a 150ml bottle and has an unusual light orange colour with very attractive style labels (See earlier article regarding label problems).

Ingredients:- Scotch Bonnet Chillies (40%) Distilled Malt Vinegar (48%), Sea Salt & Xanthan Gum.

On opening the smell is of a spiced malt vinegar, the sauce is lightly thickened with the addition of the Xanthan Gum, which is one of the sauce makers super ingredients as a very little of it with increase the viscosity of a sauce without changing the taste, as an ingredient it has been around since the 1960’s.

The sauce tastes salty with a hot with a fruity tang from the Scotch Bonnet it is a typical Louisiana style sauce, excellent as part of a dressing or a condiment with roast potatoes.

I like this sauce a lot, I can see myself using this with lunch today (Roast shoulder of Lamb with new potatoes)

You can order online at http://www.thechilligarden.co.uk

The Chilli Garden, Spats lane, Hearn, Headley, Hants. GU34 8SY.
eMail info@thechilligarden.co.uk.